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THE MAURANDIA BARCLAYANA. 
ARTICLE. XII. 
CULTURE OF THE MAURANDIA BARCLAYANA. 
BY MANCUNIENS1S. 
Your correspondent “ J M” in the Horticultural Register for Octo¬ 
ber last, in treating of the culture of the Maurandia Barclayana, has 
omitted to state at what time in the spring he took them out of the 
cold frame in which they had been wintered. This should not be 
done until the frosts are over, as the young shoots are very tender. I 
had a very fine plant in doors during last winter, and in order to get 
an early flowering, planted it out in April, when I supposed the frosts 
were over, hut in a few nights the severe frosts quite spoiled it. 
When set out it was two feet high, and it was destroyed to the root. 
It sprouted again and flowered in the autumn, but it was retarded at 
least six or eight weeks. Cuttings struck in the autumn will flower 
very well in the ensuing spring, hut if the plant be trained against a 
wall or trellis, it is better to let the old plant remain. It will flower 
much earlier and stronger than a young one. The root should he 
covered with litter during the winter, and in the spring when it be¬ 
gins to shoot, a bass mat should be put over to preserve it from the 
night frosts. If the use of a green or hot-house can be had, then 
the best plan is to put the cuttings in August or September into 
large pots, and keep them in the green-house during winter, and 
turn them out in the spring to flower. The Maurandia will grow in 
almost any soil or situation. The great beauty of the plant, which 
I think very far superior either to the Lophospermum or Eccremo- 
carpus, will he, I hope, a sufficient excuse for my troubling your 
readers with the above remarks. 
China Asters and Chrysanthemums.— The seeds should be 
sown in a hot-bed in March, and when the young plants are about 
1 inch high, transplant them into the borders for flowering. Four 
or five should he set in a cluster, and they will form an agreeable 
contrast with each other. The seeds should he mixed. 
Lupinus mutabilis. —Let me recommend this magnificent 
Lupine to all your numerous Subscribers. The seeds should be sown 
in a hot-bed and planted out. By August or September the plants 
will be in full flower. The frosts in autumn will destroy the stems, 
but the plant will shoot out again the following year. I had some 
very fine specimens in flower this summer, but the sharp weather in 
the beginning of the last month spoiled them. Mancuniensis. 
